Ogończyk is a

Polish coat of arms The coat of arms of Poland is a white, crowned eagle with a golden beak and talons, on a red background. In Poland, the coat of arms as a whole is referred to as ''godło'' both in official documents and colloquial speech, despite the fact that ...

. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the

Kingdom of Poland The Kingdom of Poland ( pl, Królestwo Polskie; Latin: ''Regnum Poloniae'') was a state in Central Europe. It may refer to: Historical political entities * Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom existing from 1025 to 1031 * Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom exi ...

and the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania rul ...

History

Although the coat of arms was first mentioned in an armorial of 1384, it is probable that it stems from early mediaeval Slavic signs for marking the cattle. After the

Union of Horodło The Union of Horodło or Pact of Horodło was a set of three acts signed in the town of Horodło on 2 October 1413. The first act was signed by Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland, and Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania. The second and thir ...

of 1413 several Lithuanian boyar families were adopted to it. With time it also spread to

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was '' de facto'' dissolved by an ...

, where several Germanized families used it.

Blazon

Gules In heraldry, gules () is the tincture with the colour red. It is one of the class of five dark tinctures called "colours", the others being azure (blue), sable (black), vert (green) and purpure (purple). In engraving, it is sometimes depic ...

, half an

argent In heraldry, argent () is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it. In engravings and line drawings, regions to be ...

arrow heading upwards, supported by half of a ring. Out of the crest

coronet A coronet is a small crown consisting of ornaments fixed on a metal ring. A coronet differs from other kinds of crowns in that a coronet never has arches, and from a tiara in that a coronet completely encircles the head, while a tiara does ...

two bare maiden hands (sometimes armed hands), holding a ring, all proper.

Notable bearers

Notable bearers of this coat of arms include: * Ireneusz Roszkowski (1909–1996), Polish professor, founder of modern Polish

gynaecology Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, forming the combined area ...

and

obstetrics Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a su ...

, a humanist, precursor of prenatal medicine * Wojciech Roszkowski born 1947, Polish historian and writer,

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

(MEP) in 2004–2009 * Teresa Roszkowska (1904-1992), Polish painter ( pl) * Wacław Roszkowski (1886-1944), Polish zoologist ( pl) * Aleksander Roszkowski born 1961, Polish painter ( pl) *

Kazimierz Twardowski Kazimierz Jerzy Skrzypna-Twardowski (20 October 1866 – 11 February 1938) was a Polish philosopher, psychologist, logician, and rector of the Lwów University. He was initially affiliated with Alexius Meinong's Graz School of object theory. ...

* Krzysztof Wiesiołowski * Stanisław Chodecki * House of Działyński ** Ignacy Działyński * Piotr Wiesiołowski ( pl) *

Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff Enno Friedrich Wichard Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (22 December 1848 – 25 September 1931) was a German classical philologist. Wilamowitz, as he is known in scholarly circles, was a renowned authority on Ancient Greece and its literatur ...

* Count Jan Żółtowski * Marceli Żółtowski * Zbigniew Żółtowski ( pl) *

Ivan Kotliarevsky Ivan Petrovych Kotliarevsky ( uk, Іван Петрович Котляревський) ( in Poltava – in Poltava, Russian Empire, now Ukraine) was a Ukrainian writer, poet and playwright, social activist, regarded as the pioneer of modern Ukr ...

(1769–1838), Ukrainian writer, poet and playwright * Mykola Stakhovsky (1879–1948), Ukrainian diplomat, politician, medic. * Oleksander Ohonovsky (1848–1891), Ukrainian lawyer, legal scholar, and civic leader.

Bibliography

Bartosz Paprocki Bartosz Paprocki (also ''Bartholomeus Paprocky'' or ''Bartholomew Paprocki'', pl, Bartłomiej (Bartosz) Paprocki, cs, Bartoloměj Paprocký z Hlahol a Paprocké Vůle; ca. 1540/43 in Paprocka Wola near Sierpc – 27 December 1614 in Lviv, Po ...

: Herby rycerstwa polskiego na pięcioro ksiąg rozdzielone, Kraków, 1584. *

Tadeusz Gajl Tadeusz Gajl (born 1940 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian-born Poles, Polish artist and graphic designer, notable for his contemporary illustrations on the coat of arms, coats of arms borne by the historical nobility (''szlachta'') of Poland. ...

: Herbarz polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku : ponad 4500 herbów szlacheckich 37 tysięcy nazwisk 55 tysięcy rodów. L&L, 2007. . * Alfred Znamierowski: Herbarz rodowy. Warszawa: Świat Książki, 2004. . str. 139

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History

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